From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: macthevorlon@yahoo.com   
   Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?   
      
   Anim8rFSK wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >  "Your Name"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> "Smokie Darling (Annie)"  wrote in message   
   >>   
   news:08e41785-e42f-4238-865c-31efceb6d2af@u16g2000pru.googlegroups.com...   
   >>> On Dec 9, 9:33 am, trag  wrote:   
   >>>> On Dec 9, 9:56 am, "Smokie Darling (Annie)"   
   >>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> I agree with Ted here. The whole Soran plot was just a device   
   >>>>> (mcguffin, if I may), the real plot was reintroducing all the   
   >>>>> characters that most ST viewers "know", and the new interactions   
   >>>>> based on a certain event that occurred.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> That's not the Kirk that I "know".   
   >>>   
   >>> Which is why I put it in quotes.  They have the same names, but   
   >>> because of a certain event, they have changed (some a little, some a   
   >>> lot).   
   >>   
   >> "Certain events"   
   >> Translation: Nobody in Hollyweird knows (nor cares) how to make real   
   >> Star Trek any more. In fact few people in Hollyweird know how to   
   >> make anything at all, so they butcher old shows / movies instead.   
   >   
   > That's exactly the point; they had writers too lazy and intellectually   
   > dishonest to do their homework.   
      
   ...and they made a TON of money doing that, so what has the audience   
   taught them?   
      
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